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Things that disappointed you as a kid.

The clocks going back reminded me of the annual disappointment of that happening when I was a lad. I was always allowed to "play out" until it got dark. Suddenly, in one fell swoop there was a whole hour nicked from my busy leisure schedule!

Other things I remember was when it was a leap year, and my birthday skipped a Saturday or a Sunday, and, Oxford Circus not actually containing a big tent with acrobats and clowns performing.

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Space Monkeys, the box showed cool monkey things playing guitars, every kid without pets (me) wanted them around 1976. In reality they were dehydrated shrimps that just floated about a bowl, no guitars, no flashing lights, nothing! I soon went back to my boxing robots

FireworksX-Ray specs from the joke shop Evel Kneivel (sp) toy. It would do all kinds of stunts in the adverts. All mine did was either fall on its side and spin around or otherwise get me a clump for chipping the skirting boards.

I was thinking a bit more light hearted to be honest Johnny and Keston...

In that case school dinners, they could burn salad.

At my infant school the curry was so bad it took me over 20 years to pluck up the courage to try Indian food. Loved it immediately.

They would never attempted anything as exotic as curry at my schools. I do remember 7th January 1969 my first day at infant school, they served gypsy tart. Disappointed would be a mild way of describing my feelings.

Only thing that ever really used to disappoint me is when I couldnt have something (i.e. Used to see some really cool Lego in the magazines and wanted all of it) - Yet money was really tight when growing up so that wasnt the case

To be honest it made me appreciate Christmas Presents a lot more throughout my life; when I did get lego I'd go absolutely mental yet a good few years later I was given a car for my Birthday and a key ring of the Volkswagen logo (was the make of the car) which I loved a lot more than the former present that was given to me

Ironically I still love Lego (at 34) and look around at some of the adult sets these days and even the kid prices are really expensive and makes me wonder how my parents managed to afford any of it for me at the time

I had a petrol engine one that you controlled by a handle attached to a long wire and flew in circles.

Was so excited when I got and built it but was soon deflated when it came to flying the bloody thing.

The control was so sensitive that you only had to twitch and the poxy thing crashed. Don't think I ever managed more than 2 circles before hitting the ground and disintegrating. It became soul destroying gluing it back together week after week and gave up with it.

I had a petrol engine one that you controlled by a handle attached to a long wire and flew in circles.

Was so excited when I got and built it but was soon deflated when it came to flying the bloody thing.

The control was so sensitive that you only had to twitch and the poxy thing crashed. Don't think I ever managed more than 2 circles before hitting the ground and disintegrating. It became soul destroying gluing it back together week after week and gave up with it.

Oh do feck off!!

I would have killed for an RC plane or helicopter as a kid.

My dad told me the reason I couldn’t have one is that I wouldn’t be allowed to fly it ‘up the fields’ in Middle Park. Looking back - I think main the reason was that there was no way he was going to spend that much on me

Stretch Armstrong.Those fuckers who made him pretty much dared every kid to stretch him as far as possible.Result: millions of overstretched and broken Stretch Armstrongs all over the world on Boxing Day.Devastated.

The clocks going back reminded me of the annual disappointment of that happening when I was a lad. I was always allowed to "play out" until it got dark. Suddenly, in one fell swoop there was a whole hour nicked from my busy leisure schedule!

Other things I remember was when it was a leap year, and my birthday skipped a Saturday or a Sunday, and, Oxford Circus not actually containing a big tent with acrobats and clowns performing.